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Related: About this forumRussian soliders in Kharkiv are being struck down by a mystery 'mouse fever' - Times Radio
The main thing is fear, that if you retreat or disobey orders, you just get shot.
Russian soldiers are getting severely ill with mouse fever which Russian command is ignoring as the military runs on a brutal regime, says transatlantic security expert, Edward Lucas.
bucolic_frolic
(45,767 posts)TexasTowelie
(115,156 posts)Mouse fever is a treatable disease with proper medication (which the Russians won't provide to their own soldiers). Meanwhile, there is no cure for hanta virus and the fatality rate is up to 38 percent. If it is the latter, then the Kremlin's war plans aren't worth the paper on which they were drawn.
GreenWave
(8,459 posts)CanonRay
(14,685 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,557 posts)Russia is said to have lost 87% of its troops, probably this is not all due to enemy action.
The Russian troops have been treated miserably, including being shot if they don't follow orders
or try to retreat from certain death. It is also becoming a very unpopular war.
These factors makes fragging more likely.
2naSalit
(90,749 posts)As early as a year ago, some time before Pregozhin's mutiny. There were reports back then but nobody knows how frequently that happens.